A tip of the cap goes to Senate President Sweeney and Speaker Oliver for a preemptive strike on reforming the government employee salary arbitration process, a key component of the Governor’s “tool kit” for containing property taxes.

On October 8th, Governor Christie announced his intention to abandon the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project. The project would have improved rail transit between New Jersey and New York City with the construction of another rail tunnel under the Hudson River.